American Liver Foundation FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

West Orange, NJ501(c)(3)Diseases & DisordersEIN 36-2883000

Our mission is to facilitate, advocate, and promote education, support services, and research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of liver disease.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$944K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $672K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$944K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.4M
41% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 41% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 22 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.5M
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$3.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.5M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$5.7M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$6.5M
Net assets
$3.4M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$6.5M
FY2022$7.7M
FY2023$7.9M
FY2024$6.9M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1977.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $4.5M Management & general 12% · $723K Fundraising 10% · $615K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

29 people listed on the 990; $944K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$152,437Pt VII · Sec A
$150,283Pt VII · Sec A
Nat'l Director of Development
$122,828Pt VII · Sec A
Nat'l SR. Dir - Engagement
$121,218Pt VII · Sec A
National Director - Individual
$113,754Pt VII · Sec A
National Director - Engagement
$109,483Pt VII · Sec A
National Director - Events
$102,780Pt VII · Sec A
CEO Till 4/20/Board Member
$71,684Pt VII · Sec A

Lorraine Stiehl’s $231K as CEO is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lorraine Stiehl——$231,894——
Lorraine Stiehl$231,385$197,042—$129,542—
David Ticker$200,815$204,878—$164,734$150,283
Juliann Kimbrough$184,465$187,646———
David Ticker——$186,712——
Heidi Daniels$171,637$161,376———
Kelly Smith$155,806$160,040—$116,249$102,780
Sheri Singer$158,578$131,950—$102,720—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes liver disease education, support, research, and treatment advocacy.

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3 program services account for $3.4M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Patient Support

Information specialists are available to answer questions about liver disease and liver wellness, including risk factors, prevention, symptoms, early detection, diagnosis and treatment options. ALF can direct callers to local services in their area, help them learn about clinical trials and help them find a physician.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Public and Patient Education

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, patient education has focused primarily on the relationship of COVID-19 and the liver. People with underlying health conditions such as liver disease have both an elevated risk for COVID-19 infection and, should they contract the virus, more severe complications.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Community Services

ALF offers several Community Education Programs on liver health and liver disease that are interactive and age appropriate. These popular programs include: Love Your Liver, Liver Wellness - What Everybody Needs to Know, Teens to Twenties - Liver Wellness Guide, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

$1.1Mprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $1.6M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$400,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$168,750
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCA · FY2024$75,000
The University of ToledoFY2024$75,000
New York UniversityNY · FY2024$75,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$175,000
New York UniversityNY · FY2023$75,000
The University of ToledoFY2023$75,000
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · FY2021$75,000
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · FY2020$75,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.5M
Managementcol C$723K
Fundraisingcol D$615K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Gains on assetsLn 7$56K
Total revenueLn 12$5.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.4M
SavingsLn 2$22K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 561
VolunteersI 61,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M$3.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$150K$150K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$435K$337K$54K$43K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.7M$2.1M$334K$266K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$12K$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$372K$288K$46K$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10$247K$192K$31K$25K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$137K$114K$9K$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$112K$93K$8K$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$258K$216K$16K$25K
Office expensesLn 13$211K$89K$69K$54K
Information technologyLn 14$258K$202K$32K$24K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$599K$472K$71K$57K
TravelLn 17$75K$64K$5K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$8K$8K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$26K$21K$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$50K$38K$6K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$237K$178K$15K$44K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$4.5M$723K$615K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $5.7M$6.5M−$861K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.0M$5.1M−$67K$7.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.8M$4.3M$1.5M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.1M$3.9M$3.1M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $5.5M$5.9M−$381K$3.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,503,229 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$12,799
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,700,569
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,603,920
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,317,288
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $45,040$45,040
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $55,755$55,755
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$99,151−$99,151
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $184,297$184,297
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $185,941$5,503,229
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,884,343 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $150,000$150,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $337,262 · Management $54,100 · Fundraising $43,188$434,550
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,080,882 · Management $333,794 · Fundraising $266,465$2,681,141
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,149 · Management $1,949 · Fundraising $1,556$15,654
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $288,367 · Management $46,256 · Fundraising $36,926$371,549
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $191,681 · Management $30,748 · Fundraising $24,545$246,974
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $113,792 · Management $9,306 · Fundraising $13,452$136,550
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $14,260$14,260
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $93,148 · Management $7,618 · Fundraising $11,011$111,777
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $216,451 · Management $15,999 · Fundraising $25,491$257,941
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $88,594 · Management $68,816 · Fundraising $53,648$211,058
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $201,564 · Management $32,292 · Fundraising $24,329$258,185
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $471,797 · Management $70,869 · Fundraising $56,686$599,352
IX-17 TravelPrograms $63,561 · Management $5,420 · Fundraising $6,163$75,144
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,690$7,690
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $20,523 · Management $3,292 · Fundraising $2,628$26,443
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $38,457 · Management $6,169 · Fundraising $4,925$49,551
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $178,106 · Management $14,917 · Fundraising $43,501$236,524
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,546,334 · Management $723,495 · Fundraising $614,514$5,884,343
Part X · Balance sheet $5,773,717 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,791,670$2,422,890
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,538$21,891
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $196,618$180,798
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $191,894$88,292
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $47,121$20,678
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,028,356$3,039,168
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,267,197$5,773,717
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $572,902$867,078
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $137,500$75,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$737,979
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $81,638$22,320
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,566,244$2,371,898
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $614,131$632,568
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,086,822$2,769,251
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,700,953$3,401,819
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,267,197$5,773,717
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,401,819 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,503,229
XI-2 Total expenses$5,884,343
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$381,114
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,700,953
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$81,980
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,401,819

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